Originally posted by: badluck
Nab: you obviously didn't look that hard at FW. There is a 20pg post on there about Staples....
found it..
Originally posted by: badluck
Nab: you obviously didn't look that hard at FW. There is a 20pg post on there about Staples....
Originally posted by: thenew3
I just ran sandra disk benchmark on this 80gig maxtor vs the maxtor 80gig 7200rpm drive (liquid bearing drive) that i picked up at staples a couple weeks ago, amazingly they are very close.
the 80gig 7200rpm drive had a score of just over 26k, while the 80gig 5400rpm drive came in at just over 24k
around 10% or less difference.
the 5400rpm drive is so quiet you don't even know it's spinning. Seeks are completely silent.
the access time for the 7200rpm is estimated to be around 7ms according to sandra, the 5400 is estimated to be around 9ms.
Nice drive for a great price. I'm going to go pickup a second one for a raid setup!
BTW it was a D540X series, and not a diamond max 80 as suggested by the link on the first post! It has 2 platters and 4 heads
Originally posted by: JoeKew1
Picked one up today at local B&M with a printable $20 off $100, they still had one on the shelf. I did have to visit a couple local Staples stores before I found one that had the drive in stock.
$107 (w/tax) -$40 MIR = $67
Not bad for 80gb of storage space!
Originally posted by: freebee
Originally posted by: JoeKew1
Picked one up today at local B&M with a printable $20 off $100, they still had one on the shelf. I did have to visit a couple local Staples stores before I found one that had the drive in stock.
$107 (w/tax) -$40 MIR = $67
Not bad for 80gb of storage space!
No need to visit several stores. Its required by corporate that if one store doesn't have it in stock, they must either offer the .com, or find that item in stock in another store. If it is in another store, they can do a "save a sale". Which means you would pay for it in your local store, but the item would be transfered internally, and shipped to your house at no cost to you.
Originally posted by: badluck
Nab: you obviously didn't look that hard at FW. There is a 20pg post on there about Staples....